Original illustrated boards of two girls, two boys and a black Scottie dog with a wooden boat. Slightly taller than the Canadian version. First free endpaper missing. No date or edition listed. AM/20/63 in print at foot of Contents page. Perfectly clean with bright colour illustrations inside. Foxing freckles to edges. 220 pp. View more info

Original illustrated, laminated colour boards. Small tear to foot of spine. No writing. A Son for Sir Ector, Merlin the Wizard, King of All England, Princess Guinevere, Knights of the Round Table, Lancelot of the Lake, and the Coming of Percival. Medium difficulty text, probably appropriate to Grade 4 to Grade 6. Illustrated endpapers. 91 pp. View more info

Publisher:
Toronto, National Boys'Work Board of Religious Education Council of Canada: 1929

Seller ID: 007416

Condition: Very Good

Original purple cloth on boards. This book has no connection to the Boy's Own periodical published in England. Instead, it is an organ of the Trail Ranger and Tuxis programs originating in the Y.M.C.A. A long inscription to "Gordon" is signed by R. Hunter Parsons, who has also signed his name as Mentor on the Membership Certificate page inside. Cover faded. Interior clean. 104 pp. View more info

Original bright light blue cloth on boards. Three stories: Mystery Camp, With the Speedwell Patrol, and The Island Camp. One small repaired tear top of spine. No writing and no other damage. 206 pp. View more info

Blue cloth on boards. Nine short stories by various authors. Three splashes of light green paint to spine. Library bookplate and stamps. Stories are: A Race for Life; The Russian Lottery Ticket; The Clock We Were All Ashamed Of; The Young Fisherman of Heligoland; The Power of Music; The Flying Leap; David the Scholar; The Foundling of the Fens; and Anson Gregg's Wedding. 316 pp. View more info

Dark green cloth on boards. Title in black, framed by florals. Author is believed to be the head Sister of St. Patrick's Academy, Chicago, who was credited with a previous copyright to the title," Nancy", in 1911. DJ also by Charles Chambers is Very Good, with no writing or tears and only light surface wear and hand soil. Book could be rated Near Fine except for removed small address label on first free endpaper. Mary tells her uncle that she wants to make her fi... View more info

Original burnt-orange cloth with brown decoration and titles on boards. NOT EX-LIBRARY. A biography of Tolstoy, Gorky, and Chaliapine (Russian-born French basso noted for his role in Mephistopheles ). Intended for young readers. 258 pp. View more info

Blue cloth on boards. Church library stamps. Dated, but still pregnant with ideas for organizing young men in religious programs. "Minstrel show" not recommended, but there are other ideas for activities aplenty. Keep the fourfold nature of life in focus. Start from scratch if you have to - and keep scratching ! 284 pp. View more info

Original beige cloth with full cover pastedown. The cover got my attention, since I don't list Alger as a rule. Grit is a hard-working faithful son to his mother, who has made a bad choice in a second husband, who is about to get out of jail. 288 pp. View more info

Original colour-illustrated cloth on boards, showing a man in a canoe. Previous owner's name stamp. Wear to head and foot of spine. 275 pp. Dean Dunham is a solid 16-year-old who lives with his aunt and uncle. Uncle Adin manages to sell a piece of land for a thousand dollars, which he wants to use to pay off the mortgage on his home. Squire Bates, who holds the mortgage, has other ideas. Before it's over, the neighbours have a much better idea of how Squire Bates ... View more info

Original tweedy tan paper boards. CBM in repeated script on spine. Eighth title in the series, and lists to itself inside. No writing, and the only damage is a tiny tear at the head of p. 49. Connie is snooping around in the dark when someone tries to strangle her with a stocking. Did they think she was someone else ? 213 pp. View more info

Original bright red cloth on boards. DJ virtually complete, but worn and torn along front fold. The protagonist, who is 11, lives in a cabin in the wilds of Minnesota. He longs for a dog and adventure. When his uncle Erik arrives from Norway, they join a group emigrating to British Columbia. The boy, Nels, quickly makes a friend about his age, but the tribal shaman, Askankot, is a source of suspicion and anger, leading to more adventure than Nels had hoped for. 136... View more info

Original multicolour paper boards. First Edition. Lists to #18 on back cover. Tom nearly wrecks his atomic car when the master servo-control unit fails ! Was it sabotage ? No writing in this book, but corner tips are bent and lightly worn. 188 pp. View more info

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